Getting LO to sleep

Rbarrette56 · October 2010

So I'm curious how you get your LO to sleep? Do you rock them until they are sleeping all the way, or only drowsy. Do you just put them in the crib and hope that they fall asleep on there own? People keep telling me to let her cry in the crib a little, that it's not going to hurt her. I will let her cry for a min then usually go get her. I'll stand up and rock or bounce her until she is asleep. I need some advice on what your doing and whats working for you please!

VejjoMama · October 2010

I swaddle, put her in her bouncer with her paci, then bounce until she's asleep. Oh, and the vibrate is on.

taratru · October 2010

It depends. For daytime sleeping/napping, I loosely swaddle her and then walk with her or rock her until she's juuuuust about asleep. I usually put her on her boppy or on our big chair during the day. If she's looking super tired, I put her in her bassinet.

At nighttime, we tightly swaddle and then walk/rock until she's all the way asleep. She seems to stay asleep longer this way, and we're trying reeeealllly hard to convince her that she can go longer than 3 hours without eating. Smile

Married2003 · October 2010

When DS was that young, I swaddled, bottle and rock. He ususally fell asleep towards the end of the bottle; and I would hold him until he was in deeper sleep stage.

Do what works for you. If you need to hold her until she falls asleep, do that. What works for one person may not work for you.

Kristen050 · October 2010

I hope I don't get flames for this but last night we tried CIO for the first time. Believe me when I say we had tried everything before then. Nursing, swaddling, rocking, bouncing, Baby Whisperer method and more. Nothing worked and in fact he just seemed to get more worked up. I talked to my SIL who is one of the best mothers I know and she said that they did CIO. Her kids are 3 and 5 now and are super well behaved, loving, trusting, wonderful kids and they have a great relationship with her. They go to sleep just fine now. I never thought I'd be a mom who would ever agree to it but like I said nothing worked and it was taking up to 3 hours to get him to sleep. Last night he cried 10 minutes, DH went in, talked to him for a minute but didn't pick him up and left. He cried 10 more minutes then I went in told him it was ok, we loved him, but it was time for bed. I walked out and he was asleep before I hit the living room. He woke up again about 40 minutes later cried for 10 minutes, DH went in again said we love you but it's bedtime and he didn't make another peep for 5 hours when he got hungry. He always go back to sleep really quick after night feedings so he was up for 15 minutes eating and then back out again for another 4 hours. I know not everyone agrees with it and it's not for everyone, like I said we only did it as last resort. He woke up this morning and still smiled at me so I don't think he is too mad at me

danielle0278 · October 2010

right now the only thing that works for us is change diaper, swaddle, bottle, and then rock/hold for 15 minutes or so until LO is alseep then quietly and gently place into crib. I would like to be able to put her in her crib when she is just drowsy and have her fall asleep on her own but that isn't working at this stage right now.... maybe I will try that when she is older. But I guess at 3 weeks old I can't expect too much from her.

Hudson_Hawk · October 2010

VejjoMama:
I swaddle, put her in her bouncer with her paci, then bounce until she's asleep. Oh, and the vibrate is on.

This. it suuuuuuucks

kg_08 · October 2010

I breastfeed her on one side, burp, swaddle her nice and tight, then feed her the other side. I swaddle her before she's done eating because usually she's drowsy enough to lay her right down, but if I wait to swaddle her that wakes her up.

I put her to sleep on her side, stick a paci in, and leave the room. Even if she's wide awake I do this. If she starts to fuss I just put the paci back in, shhh her, and walk away again. She usually doesn't fuss more than twice.

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